When the word begins with a voice (a, e, i, o, u), then you should use 'an', it sounds better

and
it sounds more appropriate to say it.

When the word begins with a consonant you must use 'a'.

If you use words and phrases such as 'ball', 'glass of water' or 'cup of coffee', then it would be
"a ball", "a glass of water" and "a cup of coffee".

However, with this rule there is an exception. If you are using a word with a silent 'h', such as
'honorable' or 'honest' then you have to use 'an'. Therefore, it would be "an honorable man"
and "an honest mistake"

With words like 'umbrella', 'ice cream' and 'apple' you have to use: "an umbrella", "an ice
cream" and "an Apple".

This, that, these and those are demonstratives. We use this, that, these and those to point to
people and things. This and that are singular. These and those are plural. We use them as
determiners and pronouns.

Demonstrative adjectives are those used to determine the location of things and are the
following:

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